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"He is basically a person without any moral compass of his own. Hence, the "carnage" in Iraq, so distressing to "normal" Americans, is not something he relates too."
This is exactly right about Bush, but the writer fails to recognize how right it is about so many Americans. There are hundreds of millions of Bushes in this country - 50 year old adolescents still trying to "find themselves". Isn't this what was so attractive to many Americans - they could sense that he was as empty, kitchy, hollow,phoney and self-deluded as they were. On the other hand, Bush may be a lot smarter than we think and this confused common man act may be just that. After all, he did suceed in exempting the rentier class from taxes and enriching his friends in the war, oil and drug businesses. How stupid is that?
